tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post8488486100520771590..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Polywell - As I Currently Understand ItM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-10819069933151447012010-02-08T13:44:17.669+00:002010-02-08T13:44:17.669+00:00I think I can help a bit with your understanding. ...I think I can help a bit with your understanding. (1) The electrostatic field of the grid pushes the electrons toward the center, not magnetic force. They don't 'clump' at the center, but their 'center of charge' is at the center. (2) The magnetic field is just to keep the charged particles from bumping into the grid wires and getting absorbed. (3) The magnetic field is generated by running current through the grid wires. The magnets and grid are not separate entities.Harry Kierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931727493368545266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-21977981120146790702008-09-24T05:49:00.000+00:002008-09-24T05:49:00.000+00:00>Through some mechanism I'm not yet clear o...>Through some mechanism I'm not yet clear on the electrons clump in the center of the chamber forming a virtual cathode (negative electrode) and in conjunction with the + grid forms a field internal to the grid.<BR/><BR/>is this because the magnetic field pushes the electrons to the middle causing them to head to the center, overshoot and then get pushed back to the center ? seeing the electrons spend more time in the center than anywhere else there is a virtual negative well at the center ? no sure if this is right, but that is how i thought it worksclogwoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09418011772925544837noreply@blogger.com